Power Grid Threats

By Mac Slavo – SHTFplan.com Once considered a fringe conspiracy theory, it appears that the Obama administration is now actively preparing for a massive solar event that could wipe out life as we have come to know it. Space weather events such as solar flares, solar energetic particles, and geomagnetic disturbances have long been believed to pose a…

By Mac Slavo – SHTFplan.com What would happen if the government was so broke that it couldn’t even afford to maintain the basics – including keeping the electricity on? That’s essentially what’s happened in debt-ridden and poorly-managed Puerto Rico, where a fire took hold at a power plant, and left more than 3 million people…

By Rich M – Off The Grid News The American culture survives on a lifeline of electrical wires. This power grid crisscrosses the country, bringing electricity to homes, offices, factories, warehouses, farms, traffic lights and even campgrounds. Pretty much everywhere you go, you can count on being able to plug in and have electricity to…

By Tricia Drevets – Off The Grid News How vulnerable is America’s power grid? The Wall Street Journal recently did an in-depth study to find out the answer to that question, and the results are unsettling. “Despite federal orders to secure the power grid, tens of thousands of substations are still vulnerable to saboteurs,” writes…

By Daniel Jennings – Off The Grid News Failure of the electrical grid can lead to far more than just inconvenience and a loss of the lights. History has proven that loss of electricity and the amenities it provides can lead to civil unrest, including riots. Attacks on the infrastructure that provides our homes and…

Image source: Pixabay.com By Kevin Danielsen – Off The Grid News Determining the specific ramifications after something like a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse weapon (EMP) attack, or even a Carrington Event-style coronal mass ejection (CME) is kind of a guessing game at this point. However, one thing we do know is that some of the most horrifying…

Image source: Flickr By Daniel Jennings – Off The Grid News Three days’ worth of food and supplies is insufficient for your family’s survival, the federal government has finally acknowledged in what one expert is calling a landmark shift in emergency preparation. The White House’s new plan was released last year as part of its…